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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

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Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Vowel - consonant - e syllable






2. Initial Reading - Letters represent sounds - sound-spelling relationships

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3. Nationally known for research on both the prevention and remediation of reading difficulties in young children as well as work on assessment of phonological awareness and reading






4. Ability to think reason and solve problems. Skills are usually measured by an individual test of intelligence/IQ test. Requires being able to generalize from past experience and use that knowledge to respond to new situations.






5. A student with mastery can utilize the information successfully - but may struggle or need to call upon learning strategies to do so.






6. Four adjacent letters representing one sound (eigh)






7. A quick probe that is done frequently in order to make instructional changes in a timely fashion.






8. A score that combines several scores according to a specified formula.






9. Teutonic invasion and settlement - The Christianizing of Britain - The creation of a national English culture - Danish-English warfare - Political adjustment and cultural assimilation and the decline of Old English as a result of The Norman Conquest.






10. 1896 - wrote first article in medical literature on "word blindness" in children






11. State Board of Education Rule - District Board of Trustees must make sure dyslexia procedures are given to the district. - District must use SBOE approved strategies for screening and treating dyslexia






12. The percentile score on - for example - a test is the score that represents the percent of other scores to or lower than is. If a student performs in the 85% of his or her class - it means the 85% of the other scores of students who also took the tes






13. 1887 - ophthalmologist - introduced the term dyslexia






14. Two vowels standing adjacent in the same syllable whose sounds blend smoothly together in one syllable. There are only four diphthongs in English. These are ou/out - ow/cow - oi/oil - oy - boy






15. Set of principles that dictate the sequence and function of words in a sentence in order to convey meaning - must include grammar - sentence types - and mechanics of language






16. A syllable ending with one or more consonants. The vowel is usually short.






17. Multisensory Structured Language






18. Teaching that uses all learning pathways in the brain (VAK-T) simultaneously in order to enhance memory and learning.






19. A single functioning or signaling unit of our word patterns. The separate sound units of spoken words.






20. Academic Language Therapy Association






21. A districts dyslexia program is considered part of the basic - required curriculum. Therefore - state compensatory education funds can only be used to provide programs - projects - activities - and materials that supplement that district's regular dy






22. r-controlled syllable






23. Explicitly teaches strategies and techniques for studying texts and acquiring meaning






24. Multiple Viewpoints - Analyze text critically - understand multiple point of view

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25. The number of words which a reader can translate meaningfully in a given period of time






26. The ancient Britons (Celts) conquered by Caesar in 54 c.e. - Celtic and Latin languages co-exist - Teutonic tribes (Jutes - Angles and Saxons invade) - Anglo-Saxon layer of language






27. To adjacent letters representing a single vowel sound






28. Vocabulary stressed the events of daily life - Common - everyday - down to earth words - Most are one syllable words






29. Study of how morphemes are combined into words - must include study of base words - roots - and affixes






30. International Multisensory Structured Education Council






31. Involve at least two people. It includes the ability to maintain eye contact - understand body language of others - take turns in a conversation - stick to the subject - and use oral language appropriate for the situation.






32. Taught visual to auditory - Taught auditory to visual - Students should also master blending of sounds into words and as well segmenting whole words into individual sounds.






33. Screening test. Elementary age only. Asks test taker to name the letters of the alphabet






34. A test in which the results can be used to determine a student's progress toward mastery of a content area. performance is compared to an expected level of mastery in a content area rather that to other student's scores. Such tests usually include qu






35. Developmental Auditory Impercepion - Dysphasia - Specific Developmental Dyslexia - Developmental Dysgraphia - Developmental Spelling Disability






36. Tests used to identify the nature and source of an individual's educational - psychological - or medical difficulties or disabilities in order to facilitate correction or remediation.






37. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder






38. Behaving without thinking about possible consequences. May act or speak without first thinking about how their behavior might make other people react of feel






39. A word made from a base word by the addition of one or more affixes






40. Wechsler Individual Achievement Test






41. A pattern of letters (found in a single syllable) which occurs frequently together. The pronunciation of at least one of the component parts is unexpected or the letters stand in an unexpected sequence ( ar - er - ir - or - us - qu - wh)






42. A letter or a group of letters attached to the beginning or ending of a base word or root that creates a derivative with a meaning or grammatical form that is different that the base word or root.






43. Proceeds from the whole to the part - suggests that processing of a text begins in the mind of the readers. Meaning is brought to print not derived from print.






44. Is a specific learning disability that is neurological in origin. It is characterized by difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word recognition and by poor spelling and decoding abilities. These difficulties typically result from a deficit in the






45. Present the parts of the language and then teaches how the parts work together to make a whole. Part of a MSLE Program






46. Paired association between letters and letter sounds; an approach to teaching of reading and spelling that emphasizes sound-symbol relationships - especially in early instruction.






47. The term is also used for the language now called Old English - spoken and written by the ________ and their descendants in much of what is now England and some of southeastern Scotland between at least the mid-5th century and the mid-12th century.






48. Was a pivotal event in English history. It largely removed the native ruling class - replacing it with a foreign - French-speaking monarchy - aristocracy - and clerical hierarchy. This - in turn - brought about a transformation of the English languag






49. Phonemic Awareness - Phonics - Vocabulary Development - Reading Fluency - including oral reading skills - Reading Comprehension Strategies






50. Most soundly supported by research for effective instruction in beginning reading - Must be explicitly taught - Must be systematically organized and sequenced - Must include learning how to blend sounds together